Chapter 2740 — Another Problem Arises
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By then he would be able to bring men to deal with Wei Zhao—that was his ultimate goal. Advancement lay through that path alone; otherwise he would have to toil away in the Xuandan Sect for decades before he could cultivate a cadre loyal to himself.
"All right..." Kang Jinglong sighed.
"Brother, you needn't worry too much. I can't come over there myself, but this business of chasing women—I'm an expert at it!" Kang Jingming said. "As I see it, there's really no need for any conflict between you and Wei Zhao at all. So long as you don't cross him, he can't very well beat you up for no reason, can he?"
"Then what about yesterday..." Kang Jinglong said.
"Yesterday you'd left the school, and you were the one who made Wang Xinyan faint from anger besides, so it was only natural for Wei Zhao to hit you!" Kang Jingming said. "But if you're on school grounds, Wei Zhao shouldn't dare go too far. All you have to do is court Wang Xinyan. If he dares to make trouble for you, go straight to a teacher and report it to Chief Bai!"
"Report it?" Kang Jingming was rather abashed at the sound of that. He was no primary schooler—since when did a man who had been beaten run off to tell a teacher? Still, recalling that Chief Bai disliked conflict among the students, he had to admit that getting him to intervene was the most fitting course. Kang Jinglong nodded. "Mm... you're right!"
"On this matter, you've still got to work on Wang Xinyan herself. Your constant head-butting with Wei Zhao really puts me in a bind..." Kang Jingming said with some helplessness. The thrill of becoming Eighth Elder had worn off, and now that he had straightened out the sect's power dynamics, he realized that his title was merely that—a name. It could awe outsiders well enough, but if he truly meant to help Kang Jinglong teach Wei Zhao a lesson, he was still far, far from being able. "So for now, borrow my name and use it to scare people with your aura."
"But yesterday I did use your name to frighten Wei Zhao, and he wasn't scared at all. He even said his little wife is the future palace master of the Ice Palace, and as for ancient pedigrees—who doesn't have one?" Kang Jinglong said, somewhat exasperated. It wasn't that he didn't want to borrow the tiger's pelt to make a banner, but Wei Zhao could play that game just as well!
What Kang Jinglong did not know was that Wei Zhao generally did not speak of Feng Xiaoxiao to others, for she was not his pride but a wound, and a goal that drove him to strive. The only reason he had brought her up before Kang Jinglong was that he had no choice: he did not want a conflict with the Xuandan Sect for the time being, and so he had confined the clash to the Kang family's sphere. With Feng Xiaoxiao in the picture, he trusted that Kang Jingming would not dare act rashly.
Sure enough, Kang Jingming fell silent the moment he heard it. "If you hadn't mentioned it, I really would have forgotten. With the Ice Palace interfering, it's even less likely I could bring men to teach Wei Zhao a lesson. I can't make sense of the relationship between the Xuandan Sect and the Ice Palace at the moment—they don't seem to be on very good terms, but lately they seem to have grown somewhat friendly..."
"What do you mean?" Kang Jinglong was lost in the fog, though he did not much care about affairs on the ancient level either, so he said offhandedly, "Never mind whether they're on good terms or not. You can't come over to teach Wei Zhao a lesson for now, so I'll think of something else first."
"Don't be too glum. I'm helping our Kang family find a patron even as we speak. Once my Tian Canbian is elevated, we'll be unstoppable... I just wonder whether he swings that way?" Kang Jingming thought wickedly.